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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

Current Methods

  • Live trap plots
    Started: 1994-06-01

    Plots for live traps were established at 1200 and 2200 ft. elevations.

Past Methods (No longer in use)

  • Small mammal data
    Started: 1991-04-01
    Ended: 1995-11-01

    Initial information on small mammals at 4 elevation-habitat types has been collected using pitfall catches at drift fences as part of an amphibian survey on Mount Mansfield conducted since 1991.

  • Survey techniques
    Started: 1994-05-01
    Ended: 1994-11-01

    Four techniques are used to survey: night-time live-trapping, pitfall traps at drift fences, morning transect walks, and road surveys.

  • Setting traps
    Started: 1994-06-02
    Ended: 1994-07-25

    40 live-traps per site were used in a 4 X 10 trap pattern at 10 m intervals. Traps were set in early evening hours, baited with rolled oats and peanut butter, then checked in the morning. Captured animals were identified to species and sexed, then released. Traps were set on 9 nights per site for a total of 720 trap nights from June 2 to July 25.


  • Started: 1995-06-01
    Ended: 1995-07-29

    Live traps were set on 8 nights at two locations: 3800 ft along the Sunset Ridge Trail and at 4200 ft. along the summit ridgeline. At each site, 20 traps were set in an irregular pattern (dictated by vegetation and terrain) within an area of 1 - 1.5 ha. Traps were set from June 1 through July 29.

  • Pitfall traps
    Started: 1994-05-18
    Ended: 1994-11-01

    Pitfall traps associated with the amphibian survey drift fences were used: 2 at 1200 ft., one at 2200 ft. Pitfall traps were opened in the evening and checked the following morning, 12 times between May 18 and November 1.


  • Started: 1995-05-01
    Ended: 1995-11-01

    Pitfall traps were opened on 18 evenings between May 1 and November 1.

  • Small mammal activity
    Started: 1994-06-03
    Ended: 1994-07-26

    Morning transect walks consisted of recording all small mammal activity while walking a 0.5 mile transect at 2200 feet or 0.25 mile transect at 1200 ft. Each transect was walked 9 times, once per week from June 3 through July 26.



  • Ended: 1994-11-01

    Transect walks were discontinued.

  • Road surveys
    Started: 1994-06-03
    Ended: 1994-07-26

    Road surveys along roads within the Mount Mansfield Browns River and Stevensville Brook watersheds were driven mid-day and all mammals living or dead were recorded. This 9.8 mile route was driven 9 times, once each week between June 3 and July 26.



  • Ended: 1994-11-01

    Road surveys were discontinued.

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
IDID

Auto-increment ID number

Measurement type: Ordinal
Record_numberRecord Number

Record Number

Measurement type: Ordinal
date1Date 1

Date when trap was placed

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY
date2Date 2

Date when trap was recovered

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY
weatherWeather

Weather description

Measurement type: Nominal
start_timeStart Time

Collection start time

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: hh:mm:ss
End_timeEnd Time

Collection end time

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: hh:mm:ss
MethodMethod

Trap type method

Measurement type: Nominal
site_elevationSite Elevation

Site elevation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 100
site_discriptionSite Description

Site description

Measurement type: Nominal
Field_worker1Field Worker 1

Name of primary field worker

Measurement type: Nominal
Field_worker2Field Worker 2

Name of secondary field worker

Measurement type: Nominal
TrapsTraps

unknown

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

Past Sampling Equipment (No longer in use)

  • Drift fences, pitfall traps, folding traps, p
    Started: 1991-04-01
    Ended: 1995-11-01

    4-metal drift fences with 10 pitfall traps; Sherman and Tomahawk folding traps; permanent ear tags, individually coded.

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

  • Site Description

    West slope of Mount Mansfield in the Browns River and Stevensville Brook watersheds. Drift fences at 1200, 2200, and 3200 feet. Permanent plot areas at 1200, 2200, 3800, and 4200 feet; representing areas of hardwoods, softwoods, stream and lake shores and the alpine zone.

Dataset Notes

Notes describing any special conditions or considerations for understanding the quality and consistency of the data


Start Date End Date Note Date Entered
2013-10-30 14:15:002013-11-15 14:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-10-30 14:00:002013-11-13 15:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-29 02:15:002013-09-30 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-28 02:15:002013-09-29 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-27 02:15:002013-09-28 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-26 02:15:002013-09-27 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-25 02:15:002013-09-26 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-09-24 02:15:002013-09-25 02:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-08-05 14:30:002013-08-09 14:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-07-19 13:15:002013-07-22 13:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-06-07 10:45:002013-06-18 14:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-05-22 07:00:002013-06-06 14:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2013-02-19 08:00:002013-02-20 08:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-12-19 08:00:002012-12-21 15:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-10-29 09:15:002012-10-29 13:45:00missing records 2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-10-29 09:00:002012-10-31 14:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-10-01 23:45:002012-10-03 00:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-07-09 08:00:002012-07-16 12:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2012-06-06 08:00:002012-06-11 10:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2011-12-27 09:00:002012-01-02 09:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2011-09-09 08:00:002011-09-12 08:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2011-08-08 08:15:002011-08-24 08:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2011-04-16 08:00:002011-07-22 14:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-12-16 07:45:002011-01-01 08:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-12-01 07:45:002010-12-06 16:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-11-12 08:00:002010-11-13 01:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-09-21 07:45:002010-09-24 13:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-08-02 07:45:002010-08-11 01:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-04-28 08:00:002010-04-28 15:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-03-17 08:00:002010-03-17 14:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-01-25 07:45:002010-01-29 15:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2010-01-08 08:00:002010-01-21 08:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2009-11-27 07:45:002009-12-04 15:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2009-11-06 08:00:002009-11-09 12:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2009-04-20 07:45:002009-04-23 12:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2008-11-05 07:45:002008-11-07 12:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2008-06-29 07:45:002008-06-30 12:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2008-06-05 07:45:002008-06-12 08:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2008-03-08 07:45:002008-03-11 11:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-12-24 07:45:002007-12-26 03:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-07-24 08:00:002007-07-26 02:45:00missing data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-07-06 07:45:002007-07-30 11:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-05-18 07:45:002007-05-25 08:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-01-09 08:00:002007-01-11 03:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2007-01-09 07:45:002007-01-11 03:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2006-12-07 09:30:002006-12-11 08:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2006-11-29 08:00:002006-11-29 13:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2006-11-22 14:00:002006-11-27 09:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2004-12-07 17:00:002006-11-07 13:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2004-02-02 08:15:002004-02-02 17:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2004-01-23 08:15:002004-01-24 22:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2004-01-23 08:00:002004-01-24 22:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-11-14 08:15:002003-11-14 12:34:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-10-15 08:00:002003-10-25 20:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-09-21 20:00:002003-11-24 11:30:00Anemometer wind speed sensor at 17m damaged2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-09-21 20:00:002003-10-29 12:15:00Anemometer wind direction sensor at 17m damaged2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-09-19 08:00:002003-09-21 20:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-06-30 08:15:002003-07-02 18:30:00Data collection failure, missing data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-06-30 08:00:002003-07-03 19:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-06-13 22:00:002003-08-15 12:45:00Anemometer at 17m damaged, wire eventually repaired2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-05-20 13:30:002003-07-09 12:45:00Air temp and humidity sensors at all levels taken offline for calibration2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-03-21 08:15:002003-03-22 21:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-03-21 08:00:002003-03-22 21:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2003-02-04 09:30:002003-03-18 14:30:00Anemometer at 17m damaged2014-10-16 00:00:00
2002-07-18 13:45:002002-07-20 20:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2001-09-19 00:15:002001-09-22 17:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2001-09-07 00:00:002001-09-09 20:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2001-08-31 00:00:002001-09-02 21:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
2000-10-06 07:00:002000-10-16 07:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1999-02-03 08:00:001999-02-09 14:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1998-02-05 07:45:001998-02-06 23:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1997-07-24 15:45:001997-07-25 22:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1997-04-03 11:15:001997-04-06 00:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1996-11-26 15:45:001996-11-27 18:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1996-04-23 13:00:001996-04-29 20:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1995-11-24 11:00:001995-11-26 23:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1995-09-19 14:15:001995-09-21 23:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1995-07-19 10:45:001995-07-20 22:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1995-06-13 14:45:001995-06-14 21:30:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1995-02-22 14:45:001995-02-24 01:00:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1994-09-02 13:45:001994-09-04 22:45:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00
1994-07-30 16:45:001994-08-01 00:15:00Missing Data2014-10-16 00:00:00